The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS July 25/2020
Stream of Consciousness Saturday is brought to you each week by Linda Hill
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “check/cheque/Czech.” Use one, use ’em all, use ’em any way you’d like. Have fun!
A good few years back hubby attended the wedding of his cousin’s son in the Czech Republic, it was a different affair. Broken plates,and beautiful cakes that did not taste beautiful. It was an occasion he should of avoided but as no one else in his family could be bothered to put themselves out he went to represent them all.
Now as banks are fast vanishing from our high streets along with most things these days the life of the cheque is drawing to a close. In fact it is almost a thing of the past. You can no longer use them in most places of business. But while banks are hanging on by their nails for now, I don’t think they will much longer. You can do all transactions non line, on your computer, phone or mobile. We can even pay cheques in by an app on our phones now, until it’s final demise.
There used to be a TV show called Blankety Blank, it was a quizz show and the winner received a Blankety Blank Trophy in the shape of a cheque book and pen.
Now let me check, I have dealt with, Czech and Cheque all that leaves is Check which I have just used in the first sentence of this paragraph. Shall I expand? Why not this is SoCs after all. In the last job I did before I retired I worked on the customer service desk in a large supermarket and often if the store was busy I would help out on the check – out tills. We used to accept, cash, cards and cheques with accompanying bank card, coupons and vouchers. Well that is not the case now. Cash, cheques and probably vouchers are no longer really acceptable thanks to Covid19 so times are as always changing. No cheques, but lots of checks at the door, depending where you are entering, mask, temperature, gloves. As for Czechs unless they already live here they may not be allowed to enter the country without checks being carried out. Bribery with a cheque won’t help them.
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Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Back in 2010 I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust. I will of been married 53yrs this comming year. I have found different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light.
My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and be as strong as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well.
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20 thoughts on “The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS July 25/2020”
This is checktastic!!! Hubby still writes me a check every month for 1/2 the credit card bill. We have separate accounts but charge against the same cc account to get our airline miles. I still go to the ATM to deposit it. With my rubber gloves & alcohol wipes of course. 😊
I love the word checktastic takes me back to my teenage years when we often added ‘tastic’ to loads of words! The cheque is very much a thing of the past here but I do still have a cheque book 💜
willowdot21 
I loved Blankety Blank!!!
Me too it was so funny, they could not say half of those things now but it was gentle bin it own way.💜💜💜
Like so much, sis 💜
Yes indeed 💜
Well done, Willow. This piece made me smile, especially your last comments.
Thank you Robbie glad that you enjoyed it 💜
Most excellent post today. Blankety-Blank is the same game show we call Match Game over here. Very funny show, enjoyable to watch.
Yes I loved it, sadly it is no longer made here . The last show was in 2002 💜
Our came back with a new host – Alec Baldwin after being off air many years, Gene Rayburn, the original host was a hoot.
It was always so funny 😂
An interesting romp through the checks…
Lol thank you for checking it out 💜💜😊
This is checktastic!!! Hubby still writes me a check every month for 1/2 the credit card bill. We have separate accounts but charge against the same cc account to get our airline miles. I still go to the ATM to deposit it. With my rubber gloves & alcohol wipes of course. 😊
I love the word checktastic takes me back to my teenage years when we often added ‘tastic’ to loads of words! The cheque is very much a thing of the past here but I do still have a cheque book 💜
I’m still a teenager I’m my own mind. Having a granddaughters doesn’t hurt any either. I make up ridiculous words all the time. 😂🤣😂
Lol yes we are all in our prime in our minds whatever our bodies say 😉😉😆😉
What a great take on the socs. I’ve never been to the Czech Republic — you make the weddings there sound interesting!
Apparently it was and not all the right reasons. 😀 Hubby had to go on his own as I was recovering from a broken back at the time 💜
I had to check out your post before leaving the internets for the night. Well done, my friend! ✔😉
Thank you glad you checked it out and checked it off 😀💜